Technology, adaptation, and exports : : how some developing countries got it right / / Vandana Chandra, editor
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| Autore: |
Chandra Vandana <1957->
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| Titolo: |
Technology, adaptation, and exports : : how some developing countries got it right / / Vandana Chandra, editor
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| Pubblicazione: | Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2006] |
| copyright 2006 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | xviii, 381 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm |
| Disciplina: | 338/.064091724 |
| Soggetto topico: | Technological innovations - Developing countries |
| Technology transfer - Developing countries | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Developing countries Economic policy |
| Altri autori: | ChandraVandana <1957-> |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1. Technology, Adaptation, and Exports-How Some Developing Countries Got It Right; Tables; Boxes; 2. India's Software Industry; 3. Electronics in Taiwan-A Case of Technological Learning; Figures; 4. Electronics in Malaysia: Export Expansion but Slow Technical Change; 5. Explaining Malaysia's Export Expansion in Palm Oil and Related Products; 6. Salmon Farming in Chile; 7. Wine Production in Chile; 8. Bridging the Knowledge Gap in Competitive Agriculture: Grapes in India; 9. Closing the Yield Gap: Maize in India |
| 10. Technological Change in Uganda's Fishery Exports11. Floriculture in Kenya | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The literature on technological change and growth has mainly used econometric models to establish that factors, such as the degree of openness, skills, research and development expenditures, number of patents etc., are critical determinants of innovation and its effect on growth. However, this approach fails to explain the role of institutions and policies that created the environment for innovation. Using 10 case studies from developing countries, this book examines how governments fostered technological adaptation through public-private partnerships to develop world-class exporters in high-g |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Technology, adaptation, and exports |
| ISBN: | 1-280-51625-9 |
| 9786610516254 | |
| 0-8213-6508-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910783582003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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